Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - decanted 30 min. this is at the stage where it's ideal to grab when mature fruit, ripe & plummy, coupled with lots of wood influence enables it to perform splendidly with food. less charming on its own. better to drink sooner, it seems.
penne w/rapini, braised lamb & corona beans
11/04/19 decanted & poured; as previous, ripe, dark-fruited, shows both its oak treatment & warmth on the finish, good but not great, drink last one soon. (89)
prime Delmonico w/chanterelles & salt-dried cherry tomatoes; blue cheese ranch & fall lettuces